Several readers have noted that Apple has now posted the Mac OS 9.1 updater as a single file download, after making the multipart archive available for download the last week.
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I would assume that users still have to purchase (over snail-mail, no less) the installer CD in order to use language kits, since the installer isn't any bigger. It seems that the OS 9.0 language kits work fine, but I am wondering for how long.
About breaking the classic environment, you don't actually use your main OS 9 system folder for it do you? Just install a scaled down, bare bones OS 9.0.4 system folder to use for classic, and add any extensions that may be needed to run certain apps. Just a suggestion...
You don't need the CD to load OS9.1 on a computer that has a language kit installed. All you need to do is download the OS, uninstall the language kit, install the OS, reinstall the language kit. OS9.1 will of course throw out the parts of the old kit that are not necessary anymore. I have done this with two computers and have had no problems ...
What I don't understand is why the installer can't remove and reinstall the language kit itself. This is a pain in the a** because all my computers have language kits installed.
I will try the recommendations above and report what happens.
-Aaron-
I got the OS 9.1 Retail CD but still plan on using the 9.1 updater because it's much easier to update my 9.0.4 that way. The only things I grabbed from the 9.1 CD (that the download installer doesn't have) is ColorSync 3.0.3, Apple DVD Player 2.3 and Package First Aid 1.0.1.
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waiting for the CD
too many problems reported with the updater, I'd rather wait for the full install CD (especially since it doesn't run in Classic anyway).